The Group
The Sandy Lane Site Action Group was formed in 2004 to fight an application from Linden Homes to build a massive development on the ex-Seeboard site in Sandy Lane, Teddington. See Map. After lengthy negotiations with us and other parties, Linden submitted a more reasonable and well-designed scheme. The new application was approved by Richmond Council in November 2005, helped by support from us and other groups. Galliford Try bought Linden in 2007 and announced plans for a new and bigger application. SLSAG has re-formed to fight this.
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The Site
This site was launched on the 9th May 2007. Please return on a regular basis as we intend to add additional content and make regular updates as the campaign progresses.
If you have any comments or questions on the content of this website, please contact
David Harnden at david.harnden@slsag.org.uk
Complaints about site work
If you are having any problems with construction work on the Sandy Lane site - such as dust, noise and work being conducted at antisocial hours - then there are two email addresses to which you should send your complaints:
commercialeh@richmond.gov.uk and
complaints@ccscheme.org.uk
In both cases, if you mention the Linden Homes site on Sandy Lane, Teddington, they will know where you mean.
The first address is the Commercial Environmental Health department of Richmond council. The officers there are being very responsive and are doing their best to make the contractors behave.
The second address is the Considerate Constructors Scheme, which is a voluntary scheme run by the construction industry. In Linden’s Sustainability Appraisal, which forms part of their planning application, they say that they will "demonstrate a commitment to go significantly beyond best practice site management principles" and accordingly award themselves full marks in this section of the EcoHomes assessment (this covers a range of topics, such as considerate construction, sustainability, water use, proximity to travel links, etc, and developers are required by the council to achieve an overall ‘excellent’ rating).
Complaining to the council is important in order to get some action taken. Complaining to the Considerate Constructors Scheme is important if you believe Linden should not be allowed to claim full marks for being better than best.
School House Lane Orchard (9th April 2008) that will see the proposed nursing home rise into view